In the immediate aftermath of 2020 1st Round pick Cade Cavalli’s season-ending elbow injury last month, Nationals’ skipper Davey Martinez announced that the club would slot veteran righty Chad Kuhl in as the fifth member of the rotation in Washington, D.C.
“Chad Kuhl, right now, is going to get an opportunity,” Martinez said, as quoted on MASNsports.com, adding that the club thought they had enough depth in-house to compensate for the loss of Cavalli for the season.
“I really feel comfortable right now with the guys we have,” he explained.
Kuhl, a 30-year-old, six-year veteran, put up a 5.